A letterpress printer who uses found paper and recycled chipboard to create one-of-a kind letterpress pieces, Mr. Stamps has a pretty great sense of humor as well. We love the contrast of materials in his work (and #5 on his F.A.Q.)
Showing posts with label letterpress. Show all posts
Showing posts with label letterpress. Show all posts
calendar giveaway.
Thanks to those who commented on our calendar giveaway with the worst/funniest gift they've received.
The winners are...
*L: "My great-grandmother always gave me and my brothers bags of White Rain shampoo, control top panty-hose and bananas."
flanthrower: "My mom got me a pair of floral patterned denim bermuda shorts. I am reluctant to admit that at the time these were shorts that I a) wanted and b) even worse, actually wore."
sarah: "i got two crocheted doilies which, while i am a big fan of all things handmade, had a very obvious flaw: amongst the pastel variegated yarn and sewn - hopefully not on purpose - into the pattern were many MANY pieces of long, black course hair."
Thank you for the entertainment and laughs. Email your name and address to angela{at}seesawdesigns.com and we'll send you your free calendar soon!
seesaw calendar giveaway!
As a small way to say THANK YOU to our readers... Here's your chance to win one of our 2009 letterpress calendars.
Leave a comment telling us the worst (or funniest) Christmas gift you've ever received, along with your name & a way to contact you. We'll choose the 3 best stories and send you a free calendar.
You have a few days - so comment before this coming Monday, December 8th, to win.
2009 letterpress calendar.
We're thrilled to announce that our 2009 letterpress calendar is complete... just in time for the holidays. Each month features a different illustration by artist Rebeca Raney and space to pencil in birthdays, weddings, or whatever you see fit.
It's already hanging up in our office, making our walls adorable and celebrating the upcoming new year. Buy yours (or a gift for someone?) here.
And happy, happy Thanksgiving!
the tooth fairy.
I love this idea... and maybe I'm considering stocking up for my future children: The Official Tooth Fairy Kit from Notion Farm.
Even their description & instructions are awesome. The Official Tooth Fairy Kit contains one letterpress Certificate of Record for filing with your local Tooth Fairy and one reusable silkscreened cloth deposit bag for your first and all subsequent transactions. The official certificate keeps record of name, age, tooth lost, method of extraction and compensation information.
You can buy it here for only $16.
mok duk.
Custom wedding invite from Anne Bejamin of Mok Duk. We also love Anne's letterpress and illustration work, and her calligraphy is some of the most beautiful we've seen.
loveleaf press.
(Lindsay was privileged to intern here in 2006, where she caught the letterpress bug.)
ASU letterpress cards.
We spent the last couple of months working with the ASU Foundation and letterpressing their holiday cards.
Many hours were spent hand-feeding each card and envelope. Even though we yelled at our Kluge press a few times, it was a fun (and very big) project for the most part. Lots of pretty blind debossed snowflakes.
sneak peek: seesaw calendar 09.
Here's a little sneak peek of our 2009 letterpress calendar (artist collaboration with Rebeca Raney). We have a few more colors to print and then they'll be ready for you. Yeah, there are a bunch of cute letterpress calendars out there, but ours has room for writing in important dates.
Stay tuned for a calendar giveaway in the next couple of weeks!
more letterpress.
We finally updated our Etsy shop with a couple new letterpress cards - a wood type JOY card for the holidays, and some adorable bird flat cards (with watercolor).
we love our kluge press.
We've been letterpressing... just finished a job for Paperjoy & John Brooks.
Next up: holiday cards for ASU! AND our 2009 calendar (be excited)!
beautiful angle.
Beautiful Angle is a the guerilla poster project of writer Tom Llewellyn and designer Lance Kagney. Once a month they print and post letterpress posters in downtown Tacoma, Washington. We've got boxes of crazy vintage cuts just like they use, and we're itching to put them to use!
personalized letterpress notecards.
Just finished letterpressing some personalized notecards for a client. Printed on super thick 220-lb. Crane's paper, they're simple and perfect for a handwritten note.
You know you want some... so send us an email / hello@seesawdesigns.com !
why we letterpress.
image from here
Yesterday there was an article on ilovetypography about letterpress printing. An excerpt:
"So why do people want to get into this arcane world? The biggest reason I can find is that it offers a hands-on immediacy that other methods can’t offer. The whole process feeds the senses: the coldness and weight of metal type; the rhythm of printing machines cycling quietly; the smell of oil and ink and the great sense of seeing a wonderful printed page. Our growing demand for the ‘one-off’ or the home-grown translates to letterpress where each item has been handled, prepared and checked individually."
Well said.
thank you.
A big thanks to Chelsea at {frolic!} and Julie at perfectbound (two of our favorite blogs) for posting about some of the letterpress cards in our shoppe.
(note: We've been quiet since we first posted those in our Etsy shop because the photos weren't great. We took a couple new shots, but are still thinking we need to hire a photographer :) Hopefully many more letterpress cards & options to come! We're learning.)
rebeca raney art.
We will be collaborating with Raquel's sister Rebeca for our 2009 letterpress calendar. You can see some of her work here. Her personal site is a work in progress.
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)
Posts
